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Assignment 1:

Read the following and pay attention to what it makes you wonder...

Digital History Text - Historical Era - The First Americans - read the Overview Click Here Shmoop - Columbian Exchange - Intro (Nutshell and Why Should I Care); Summary and Analysis (Big Picture, Lens of Culture) Click Here

Addition to Assignment 1 - All readings to be completed by Monday, Sept. 8:

AP Overview of US History - Go to Topic Outlines - Read the first 3 (linked below)
 * Discovery and Settlement of the New World
 * Europe and the Impulse for Exploration
 * Spanish and French Exploration

=**Assignment for Wednesday, Sept. 17 (start in class, finish for Friday, 9/19)**=


 * - Select one of the following key concepts and explain how you would justify the truth of that concept. You should be able to use the research you have already done to support that concept. Write your answer in a Google doc that you create and share it with me using the email, sthorn@sburg.org. In addition to using your research, you may find some of the note links below to be helpful. Please also notice the next reading assignment listed below.**


 * Key Concepts:**
 * - European overseas expansion resulted in the Columbian Exchange, a series of interactions and adaptations among societies across the Atlantic.**


 * -Contacts among American Indians, Africans and Europeans challenged the worldviews of each group.**





=Reading Assignment due by Wed, Sept., 24=

Go to the Digital History Text chapter on Colonial Era linked [|here]
Read the Overview as well as the Textbook section on the 17th century (all links)